Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksFeb 19, 2024

FinalMonday, Feb 19, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	1	0	4		VGK	16	7	3	26
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	9	14	6	29

: VGK 65SJS 66
: VGK 3.72SJS 2.60
PP goals: VGK 1SJS 0
Hits: VGK 20SJS 33
Blocks: VGK 25SJS 22
PIM: VGK 2SJS 30
: VGK 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 4–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–0 at SJS. Alec Martinez (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for VGK: Stone–Karlsson–Stephenson skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alec Martinez had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:30.Martinez
Points
Mason Morelli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:15.Morelli
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Karlsson–Stephenson skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Karlsson Stephenson
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 2.60 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Hoffman–Kunin–Eklund skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Kunin Eklund
New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Howden–Cotter skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Howden Cotter
New line
New look for VGK: Froese–Kolesar–Morelli skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Kolesar Morelli
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 15:51, −3:33 down on his 19:24 season average over 81 games.McNabb

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · SJS 66 · VGK 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 43% of the game, SJS 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	SJS
	58	70
	3.25	2.53
	3.03	2.24
	11	16
	6	0
	20	17
	+0.027	−0.027
	43%	27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Karlsson – Stephenson
11:0862% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Roy
10:1422% CF
L3Amadio – Howden – Cotter
8:3538% CF
L4Froese – Kolesar – Morelli
8:1440% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
13:2552% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:2541% CF
D3McNabb – Miromanov
10:1850% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Miromanov
4:05100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy – Cotter
3:2088% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:52
PK2FFroese – Howden
0:33
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:50
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:29

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
7:4317% CF
L2Labanc – Zadina – Sturm
7:4268% CF
L3Hoffman – Kunin – Eklund
7:2958% CF
D1Ferraro – Emberson
14:0940% CF
D2Rutta – Thrun
11:4550% CF
D3Vlasic – Addison
11:3152% CF

PP1Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund – Addison – Eklund
1:23100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Labanc – Kunin – Ferraro – Zadina
0:34100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Sturm
2:33
PK2FGranlund – Zetterlund
1:06
PK1DFerraro – Thrun
2:27
PK2DVlasic – Emberson
1:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:28
VGKMichael Amadio (Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Amadio, Howden, Hague, CotterSJS: Labanc, Ferraro, Zadina, Emberson, Sturm
VGK 1 – 0 SJS
4:25
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Alec Martinez, Mark Stone)wrist0.46 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Karlsson, Stephenson, WhitecloudSJS: Vlasic, Granlund, Duclair, Zetterlund, Addison
VGK 2 – 0 SJS
19:12
VGKMason MorelliPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Alec Martinez)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Kolesar, Howden, MorelliSJS: Vlasic, Granlund, Carpenter, Thrun
VGK 3 – 0 SJS

2nd period

18:44
VGKKeegan Kolesar (Alec Martinez, Mason Morelli)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Froese, Kolesar, MorelliSJS: Hoffman, Kunin, Ferraro, Emberson, Eklund
VGK 4 – 0 SJS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.43	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	62	80
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.76	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	61	78
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	55	75
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	25	15
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	18	2
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	2	15:53	—	—	26	14
Michael Amadio R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	0	3	0	16:17	—	—	35	61
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	40	66
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	49	64
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	7	0	0	13:06	—	—	59	68
Mason Morelli L	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.27	3	0	0	12:15	—	—	46	57
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	44	68
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	58	69
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	6	0	18:58	—	—	43	58
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	1	5	0	21:25	—	—	41	64
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	3	3	+2	2	0.08	1	3	0	19:30	—	—	44	64
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	46	46
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:51	—	—	39	40

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.60	59:50

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	-1	3	0.18	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	29	21
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	-1	2	0.08	5	2	2	16:44	—	—	13	6
Anthony Duclair L	L1	-1	3	0.20	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	20	15
Nico Sturm C	L2	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	68	32
Kevin Labanc R	L2	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	13:03	—	—	65	28
Filip Zadina R	L2	-1	2	0.28	2	0	2	11:43	—	—	65	57
William Eklund L	L3	-1	2	0.58	0	2	0	19:38	—	—	43	57
Luke Kunin C	L3	-1	2	0.19	2	2	0	16:42	—	—	72	76
Mike Hoffman C	L3	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	61	58
Mario Ferraro D	D1	-2	0	0.00	3	4	0	23:47	—	—	51	49
Ty Emberson D	D1	-2	2	0.03	4	3	0	21:05	—	—	39	30
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:43	—	—	61	48
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	1	0.04	0	2	14	16:37	—	—	60	35
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	-1	3	0.12	1	1	10	18:44	—	—	63	49
Calen Addison D	D3	-1	3	0.33	0	3	0	17:13	—	—	55	49
Ryan Carpenter C	—	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	95	100
Jacob MacDonald D	—	0	0	0.09	7	0	0	10:11	—	—	91	98
Justin Bailey R	—	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	9:37	—	—	84	73

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.72	59:37

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Michael Amadio (VGK) 1st 2:28 · assists Zach Whitecloud · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 49.6 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Michael Amadio · 1st 2:28 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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William Karlsson · 1st 4:25 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Mason Morelli · 1st 19:12 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.9 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer

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Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 18:44 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.